On Transfer, Proficiency and Cross-Individual/Aggregate SLA Differences: Examining Adjectival Semantics in L2 Spanish

Issues in Second Language Proficiency

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 233-254

  Guijarro Fuentes, Pedro ^a   Judy, Tiffany ^b   Rothman, Jason ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

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